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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 11-07-97ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AMENDED TO: Robert M. Boche FROM: Herb Giese, Vice Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: November 7, 1997 TIME: 9:00 A.M. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Immigration Contract 2. Government Center Building Security 3. Update of Jail Panel Contract with Lang & Asssoc. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Reports: Sheriff's, Chief Deputy, Captain & Jail Captain 2. District Attorney's Report A. Grant to address the issue of the maltreatment of children 3. Medical Examiner's Report 4. Child Support Report 5. Bills & Vouchers * 6. Annual Inspection Report by the Dept. of Corrections ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: William Krueger DATE: 10/15 & 10/29 Copies to: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert M. Boche FROM: William Krueger COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: November 7, 1997 TIME: 9:00 A.M. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Immigration Contract 2. Government Center Building Security 3. Update of Jail Panel Contract with Lang & Asssoc. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Reports: Sheriff's, Chief Deputy, Captain & Jail Captain 2. District Attorney's Report A. Grant to address the issue of the maltreatment of children 3. Medical Examiner's Report 4. Child Support Report 5. Bills & Vouchers ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: William Krueger DATE: 10/15 Copies to: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING November 7, 1997 MEMBERS PRESENT: Herb Giese, Jack Dowd, Bob Gunderson and Chuck Mehls. Bill Krueger was excused. STAFF PRESENT: Chief Deputy Max Ihrke, Medical Examiner Marty Shanklin, Patrol Captain Roland Thompson, Administrative Coordinator John Krizek, Child Support Administrator Lynn Holmes and Renee Carufel. Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Vice -Chair Giese. Motion to approve the agenda as published by Gunderson/Dowd. Carried. Date of next meeting Monday, Dec. 5, 1997 at 9:00 a.m. Motion to approve the Oct. 8th and Oct 15th minutes by Mehls/Gunderson. Carried. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Shanklin reported on two suicides last month. Discussion on when autopsies have to be held. Motion to approve the bills of $4043.43 for the Medical Examiner by Mehls/Gunderson. Carried. Giese asked Shanklin if he could bring a report as to how much money is spent according to budget each month. Shanklin said that would not be a problem. CHILD SUPPORT REPORT: Holmes reported the estimated 1998 Child Support Revenue to the St. Croix County General Fund is $428,000. The County Board has approved approximately $346,000 for the operation of the Child Support Department for 1998. The difference of $82,000 will help pay for services, both direct and indirect, that Child Support receives from the following Departments: Administration, Clerk of Court, Corporation Counsel, County Clerk, Finance, Maintenance, Personnel, the Sheriff and Treasurer. The estimated amount of Child, Medical, Foster and Kinship Care collections for St. Croix County in 1998 is $4.6 million. According to a draft document produced by the Department of Workforce Development and handed out at the annual Child Support Training Conference held in Green Bay on Oct. 22, 23 and 24, this County will receive a $25,000 performance award. Ten years ago in Sept. 1987, by Resolution of the St. Croix Co. Board, the Child Support Department was made an independent department reporting directly to the Public Protection Committee. Under the guidance and supervision of this committee our Child Support Program has become one of the strongest in the State. Mehls acknowledged the excellent performance of our Child Support Dept. CHIEF DEPUTY'S REPORT: Chief Ihrke reported that we did receive information on the drug grant which will be about $55,000. When Dave Hake wrote the grant, he stressed the fact we should receive more because of our proximity to the Twin Cities. As a result we will be receiving about $20,000 more in grant money. We will be getting about $50,000 from the sale of a ranch in California that was involved in a drug deal and about $20,000 from a marijuana growing operation in Baldwin. These funds will be going into the Polk -St. Croix drug fund. The overtime on the drug cases should be paid from this fund. PATROL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Captain Thompson reported the 10th fatality of the year which was a young male whos' vehicle struck a tree and he was killed. During the month of October, we have had other serious accidents. There are many deer car accidents being reported at this time of year. He also reported we have not received our sped wave grant as of yet. We received our first COPS grant of $35,000 which is to be used to pay the cost of the new patrol officers. A procedure has been set up to direct deposit any future COPS grant payments with the Finance Department. Thompson reported that the problem of entering Hwy 12 from UU will be improved as stop lights will be installed by the Fulton truck stop when the highway department begins, construction of Hwy 35 towards River Falls. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Victim Witness Coordinator Ann Gustafson reported on a grant she wrote for $5000. This would cover the expenses of sending four people to a conference on Jan 27th in San Diego to receive training on domestic violence and child abuse. This would include one person from the District Attorney's, Victim Witness, Health Services and Law Enforcement offices. These people would come back and train others in their respective departments. Motion by Gunderson\Mehls to support the recent grant application to National Network of Children's Advocacy Center to cover all the expenses involved in attending this training session on responding to Child Maltreatment contingent on full federal funding. Carried. BILLS & VOUCHERS Motion by Mehls\Gunderson to approve the bills of $45,651.05 for the Jail and $13,246.36 for the Sheriff's department. Carried. Revenues for the month of Oct. were $57,021.12. The average daily population for the Jail in Oct. was 110. Motion by Mehls\Gunderson to approve the bills . Carried. IMMIGRATION CONTRACT: Ihrke reported that Jail Captain Humphrey has requested INS send a letter requesting their interest in reserving more space at our Jail. Until we receive this, no definite commitment will be made. The contract is still in Washington, D.C. and we see no reason why it will not be signed and returned shortly. UPDATE OF JAIL PANEL CONTRACT: A letter from Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman to Lang and Associates was read recommending that one item be deleted from the contract. Lang has no problems with our amending the contract. Reference checks were made on Lang and all the reports came back excellent. Motion by Gunderson\Dowd to authorize Max Ihrke to consult with Corporation Counsel to expedite this contract with Lang and Assoc. as soon as possible. Carried. ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT BY THE DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS: The following items were a result of the inspection: 1. Concern over the low supervisor staffing. The Sheriff's Dept. could not get Union support for these positions. 2. Cleaning in kitchen and trays. Notified Best as to what is needed to correct the problems. County is responsible for all building cleaning such as vents and walls in the kitchen. We are waiting for maintenance to comply with this problem. The Committee asked that Captain Humphrey report back to this committee about the cleaning of the kitchen. The floors in Huber dormitories are stripped and waxed by the inmates but Maintenance has to clean the halls which have not been done to date. The Committee asked that Humphrey ask that Maintenance report to the next meeting. 3. Schedule fire inspection within 30 days. This was already done by the Hudson Fire infector_._ 4_._ Complaints on amount of food from the inmates. It was reported that they receive at least 2900 calories per day from good food rather than junk foods which is the only food some inmates are used to eating. GOVERNMENT CENTER BUILDING SECURITY: Krizek came before the board to report on the court room security committee meeting that was held this a.m. The concerns of this meeting were: 1. Security officer designated for second floor only. 2. Change in his hours so that they cover court sessions. 3. Coverage during his lunch hour. 4. Want panic buttons in hearing rooms and clerk of court office. 5. Clarify 911 security, which means any department call 911 if there is imminent threat of danger. 6. Want lunch rooms for employees only. 7. Jailers said there was not time to watch cameras at all times in the outside parking lot. 8. Want no access to rear halls to Judges' rooms. Could not bar people from the back hallways for fire purposes. The Committee went over these other security problems- armored car service, public address system, duress alarms, first aid equipment\training, closed circuit TV monitoring of lower parking area, remodeling of hearing rooms, cashier counter protection, intrusion alarms, parking lot and perimeter lighting, secure interior doors\locks to at -risk areas, records storage areas sprinkler\halon protected, computer policy, card\key\intercom access to secure corridor, alarm bars on locked fire exit doors, metal detectors, signage, door locking mechanisms, public records viewing area, public waiting, single public entrance\exit, signage indicating alarms systems, evidence storage room constructed of secure materials with a safe, individually controlled thermostats in courtrooms, closed circuit TV for court rooms, counter separation, public and staff toilets should be separate, barrier between courtroom spectator and well areas, dining areas for court staff and jurors should be separate from the public dining areas. Motion to adjourn by Dowd\Mehls at 12:10 p.m. Chuck Mehls\ Secretary Renee Carufel\ Recording Secretary